Diwali in Pakistan, through pictures
The first day of Diwali – the Hindu festival of lights – was celebrated at Krishna temple in Rawalpindi yesterday. As a budding photojournalist and having many friends who belong to minority sects, I...
View ArticleThe filth of humanity unvieled: Raping and murdering a 5-year-old boy
The terrorists who attacked and massacred children in Peshawar, murderers who end lives all around the world, or States that wage wars on the innocent, are not the worst. For me, even the most vicious...
View ArticleWhat I saw at the Pakistan vs India match in Adelaide
I didn’t sleep last Saturday night. Call it excitement, anticipation of victory or simple enthusiasm; words just cannot describe what I felt that night. I had reached Adelaide the day before, after...
View ArticleHow can we stop our children from being radicalised by extremists?
I ask this question because all around me, our kids are being brainwashed by adults who are scared that Islam will disappear from the world if the younger generation is not trained to kill for the sake...
View ArticleA giant cross will not help Pakistan’s Christian community
Ever since the last two devastating church attacks in Peshawar and Lahore, the pressing issue of minority rights has received increased attention. The government’s futile attempts to provide a safe...
View ArticleAre we a nation of Taliban apologists?
During his talk about terror and extremism in Pakistan, Mohammad Jibran Nasir declared, “I am not a cultural ambassador. I am not here to talk about bhangra.” The point was well taken since he was in...
View Article1971 confession: After Bangladesh, is Balochistan’s disintegration next on...
I heard what my ears would never want to hear again – Narendra Modi’s acceptance of India’s lethal plan in the disintegration of East Pakistan in 1971, and its threat to destabilise Pakistan through...
View ArticleShould he stay silent just because he is a Hindu MNA in a Pakistani National...
Lal Malhi’s one minute and thirteen seconds on the National Assembly floor this past week summed up more than just the ignorance of our elected representatives; it spoke to an alarmingly prevalent...
View ArticleEnd of silence: A woman’s narrative of the 1947 Partition
Many of us born to families who migrated across borders during partition grew up hearing whispers of events from that time. The end of the British Raj in India saw the subcontinent dissected into two –...
View ArticleMangalore, where a Muslim cannot interact with a Hindu
The torturing, beating, and stripping of a young Muslim man by a mob of vandals connected to the Bajrang Dal faction in the heart of the city, and that even in broad daylight amidst impotent onlookers...
View ArticleToday I have been recognised, not as a Hindu in Pakistan, but as a Pakistani...
The delayed Hindu Marriage Bill has passed and as anticipated it will bring a shelter of lee and glimmer of hope for many Hindu couples confronted by matrimonial issues. In its absence young, innocent...
View ArticleKashmir Day holiday is fine but you have an issue with Holi?
Nothing brings out excessive patriotism in Pakistanis like blatant jingoism and bigotry. The Pakistani government recently agreed to allow the Hindu festival of Holi and the Christian observance of...
View ArticleThe GIR Bill is an attack on the democratic rights of all Indian citizens
One of Narendra Modi’s mantras before he became prime minister in May 2014 was, “Minimum government maximum governance.” Two years later, this famous quote has lost its meaning....
View ArticleIn India, a dead cow is more precious than the life of a Dalit or Muslim
An image can be a commentary on the state of affairs. The image of the four Dalit men stripped down and beaten with sticks for trying to skin a dead cow, by the alleged Hindu fanatic group in Una – a...
View ArticlePakistan, I am of you, from you, and no matter where I am, inseparable from you
Once when I was six years old I sneaked out of my grandmother’s house in Lahore’s old Mozang neighbourhood and headed for the nearby Mozang Bazaar, a large market of red-brick shops over a hundred...
View ArticleIt is time for Trump to say, “I won the campaign, guys, you can stop the...
Donald Trump ran an unscripted and an unpredictable presidential campaign and took American politics to an unchartered territory, one that was hideously troubling and rocked the very core of our value...
View ArticleI am a Muslim parent in the US and I chose to send my children to a Catholic...
My wonderful nani (maternal grandmother), Jamila Khatoon, was an advocate for missionary schools and hospitals in Pakistan. She would famously say, “Schools and hospitals are best run by the mission.”...
View ArticleBy labelling Muslims as Pakistanis and their localities as mini-Pakistan, BJP...
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, while addressing the Lok Sabha on Wednesday, poured scorn on the Congress party, blaming its flawed policies and self-indulgence for the Partition of the...
View ArticleEven with 180 performers, ‘Hua Kuch Yoon’ was weak, amateur and did not...
With zeal and passion, young Pakistani directors are in reviving stage plays and bringing them back in the spotlight. With great plays such as Aangan Terha, Sawa 14 August, Pawney 14 August, Siachen...
View Article#JusticeforAsifa: Has India discarded its moral compass?
What is at play in India today is a systematic dehumanisation of its Muslim community by the ruling establishment in Delhi. The ruling Hindu nationalist government, under the leadership of Narendra...
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